the Power dam, it is estimated that over fifty thousand fish have been 

 taken out. A great many of them grabbed, caught with a string of 

 hooks without using bait. I have seen twenty-four persons fishing 

 there at one time, over half of them not using bait. 



About four hundred thousand eggs were taken at Big Fork the fall 

 of 1914 and placed in whitefish jars for hatching. This experiment 

 shows that a large number of eggs could be taken at this point, but it 

 would be necessary to employ a watchman, with quarters near enough 

 so that the place could be constantly watched. 



This is the first attempt at hatching this fish that I know of, al- 

 though Dr. Henshall speaks of their having been planted in Yellow- 

 stone Park in 1890, he does not say that they were artificially hatched. 

 However, it is probable that they have been hatched before, as it is an 

 easy proposition. 



Lake or Mackinaw Trout 

 No lake trout have been handled at the state hatcheries during the 

 past two years, but the Bozeman hatchery has turned over their sur- 

 plus fish each year for distribution by us. In the fall of 1913 we re- 

 ceived nearly twenty thousand and in 1914 about four thousand. About 

 one-half were sent out to Hauser Lake, near Helena, and the balance 

 to lakes in Glacier Park. These were fine fish, running from three to 

 five inches long. 



Dolly Varden Trout 

 The Dolly Varden or Bull trout is found in nearly all of the waters 

 of the Montana Pacific slope, and also in the St. Mary's Lakes on the 

 eastern slope. 



This fish has a bad name as a voracious cannibal, but as all trout 

 are cannibals, he is only following out his trout nature a little more 

 vigorously than some of the others. He is eagerly sought by anglers, 

 both for his game quality and also f orhis flesh, which is considered 

 by many to be as good as nearly any fish. The law has permitted 

 netting for this fish in the last two years, with the object of exterm- 

 inating him from certain waters. This, I believe, to be impossible, as 

 I do not believe he can be exterminated without at the same time 

 killing all the other fish in the same water. 



It seems to me that it would be better to forbid the use of nets, 

 but to allow the sale of the legal catch at any time. 



Respectfully submitted, 



H. D. DEAN, 

 Superintendent. 



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